DTN Closing Livestock Comment 03/30 15:15
   Livestock Futures Push Higher; USDA Hog Report Offers Mixed Clues

   Futures prices of live cattle and feeder cattle were higher Thursday,
supported by early reports of higher cash cattle trade. Even June lean hogs
were higher Thursday as traders braced for USDA's Hogs and Pigs report.

Todd Hultman
DTN Lead Analyst

GENERAL COMMENTS

   Active futures contracts were higher for live cattle and feeder cattle
Thursday, supported by reports of higher cattle trade in Kansas and Nebraska.
Hog futures were also higher despite bearish possibilities in Thursday
afternoon's Hogs and Pigs report.